Introduction

This extension provides OAuth 1.0a consumer and provider bindings. OAuth is an
authorization protocol built on top of HTTP which allows applications
to securely access data without having to store usernames and
passwords.

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OAuth does the following:The consumer requests a token from the serverThe consumer then directs the user to a login page, passing the token with themThe user logs in and is redirected back to the consumer with an access tokenThe consumer takes the access token and requests the OAuth token to use with future secure requestsThe OAuth token is retrieved, and the developer can now make secure requests by passing the token for validation